Análisis de la perspectiva de género en el Derecho Penal Colombiano

Abstract

Violence against Colombian women is a social problem that has been attacking the fundamental rights of victims, not only in this country but in the world; in the international field the subject had been dealt with, but it was in the Belem Do Para Convention where the differential treatment of crimes against women is deepened, in consideration of this the Legislator has promulgated a series of laws that have been regulated and materialized by the State; More than two decades have passed from this gender perspective, therefore, the present study analyzes the gender perspective in Colombian criminal law, identifying the benefits and cons that it has had to mitigate violence against women. A qualitative approach study was carried out, approached from discourse analysis and documentary type. The results show the differentiated approach with a gender perspective that has been taking place in Colombian legislation; the compilation of statistics on crimes committed against women before including the gender perspective in Colombian criminal law; the identification of regulations and jurisprudence regarding the gender perspective issued in Colombia; and the comparison of the current figures of crimes committed against women and those before including the gender perspective in Colombian criminal law.